[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22283-22284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08767]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12675; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Everglades National Park,
Homestead, FL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Everglades National Park, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written
request to Everglades National Park. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to Everglades National Park at the
address in this notice by May 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Dan Kimball, Superintendent, Everglades National Park, 4001
State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034, telephone (305) 242-7707, email
Dan_Kimball@nps.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Superintendent, Everglades National Park.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1982, two cultural items were removed from the Mosquito Island
Site in Monroe County, FL. During an authorized survey, human remains
and associated funerary objects were collected from Mosquito Island.
The human remains and 41 objects were described in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register in 1996 (61 FR
8971, March 6, 1996) and were repatriated after the 30 day waiting
period expired. The two cultural items were mentioned in the March 6,
1996 Notice of Inventory Completion, but could not be located prior to
publication and so were not included in the total number of associated
funerary objects described in the notice. In 2011, the two objects were
found in National Park Service collections. The two unassociated
funerary objects are one carbide lamp and one incomplete boat lantern.
Archeological and ethnographic information indicates that the
Mosquito Island Site was a Miccosukee campsite during the mid-20th
century.
Determinations Made by Everglades National Park
Officials of Everglades National Park have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the two cultural items
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dan Kimball, Superintendent, Everglades
National Park, 4001 State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034, telephone
(305) 242-7707, email Dan_Kimball@nps.gov by May 15, 2013. After that
date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control
of the unassociated funerary objects to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians
may proceed.
Everglades National Park is responsible for notifying the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 26, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-08767 Filed 4-12-13; 8:45 am]
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